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When you go looking for Mission San Rafael you going to see this big beautiful church and you are going to say to yourself “Oh, the mission is so beautiful!” AND you will be wrong because what you are seeing … Continue reading
Category Archives: Weekend Travel
Now that we no longer have Disneyland annual passes we have what we consider a very nice weekend budget. On it’s own it allows us to a lot of fun things, but we are in general still pretty modest in … Continue reading
I don’t have much to say today but I wanted to brag about getting a hole in one at Scandia. I got some Scandia mini golf tickets through United Way and so we used them today. Anyhow, at the end … Continue reading
The main reason for the missions was to create a path in which the Spanish government could easily resupply their colonists and manage their expansive frontier from the many encroachments of other nations. Knowing this the missions were built not … Continue reading
In the scope of missions there are big missions and small missions, Soledad fits into that small category. Going to Mission Soledad it was funny how close it was to the 101 highway, but how far you had to drive … Continue reading
When you first get off highway 101 to go to Mission San Antonio de Padua there are signs, but you start to wonder if you are heading in the right direction (wouldn’t be the first time that a sign steered me in the wrong … Continue reading
If I had to give San Miguel a name it would have to be that of “The Crumbly One.” The sounds bad but it actually makes San Miguel rather unique. Unlike all of the other California 21 missions, San Miguel … Continue reading
In 1819 Father Jose Altimira came from Barcelona, Spain to work at the Dolores Mission in San Francisco. He didn’t like the mission in San Francisco because it was not adventerous enough for him and he found the foggy weather … Continue reading
The San Gabriel Mission is the 4th of the missions built in 1771 and is the closest to Los Angeles. Known as the “Pride of th Missions” it is a fully working mission with an active parish. The mission is … Continue reading
Today marked the first day of our vacation. We decided to take this vacation really slow. We have a rough idea of what we want to do but we don’t really have a set itenerary. Eventually we need to end … Continue reading